New world, new mind - Robert E Ornstein

Culturally and biologically, humankind has evolved more than any species on earth. This is an investigation into what we have done to the planet, and a warning about the consequences of progress. Unless we consciously evolve to fit our advanced society, we will destroy all that we have created.;According to Robert Ornstein and Paul Ehrlich, we function today with a mind fit for the eighteenth century, while playing with the 'toys' of the twenty-first. Why, for instance, on a planet that has an exploding human population, a deteriorating environment and steadily dwindling resources, have we spent more time, energy and genius building arsenals to destroy our enemies rather than working to save ourselves?. Why does the world respond to an infrequent airline hijacking and virtually ignore the daily killings on our streets?.;We need to develop a new mind - a new set of thought processes, reactions, perceptions and impulses - for our new world. Ornstein and Ehrlich present a study of where our society is going and what we can do to keep up with it.